Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 213 Expedition Again
At this moment, Taichang was finally not short of money.

The bank of Daming has opened more than 20 branches, and the banknotes he can print are already as high as tens of millions of taels, and the grain harvest in Liaodong is about to be bumper.

Sun Chengzong had sent good news a long time ago that once the grain harvest in Liaodong was abundant, the food for the 20 army would be enough for more than a year. There was no need for the imperial court to mobilize the grain any more. The 20 army could gather for the expedition as long as the imperial court paid some money!
At this time, the transformation speed of the wheel boats is also accelerating. The number of wheel boats transformed by the Ministry of Industry has reached more than [-], which can transport [-] soldiers to the feudal country North Korea at one time, and the Shenji Camp already has [-] well-equipped soldiers. Soldiers, you can deal with Jiannu independently.

In addition, there is also news of the war horses of Shenwu Camp. The tea production in Sichuan is gradually recovering. The tea and horse exchanges in Tianquan Sixth Division, Ganzhou Town, Yulin Town, and Xuanfu Town have already opened. The Ministry is organizing manpower to transfer tea in exchange for war horses, and it is believed that tens of thousands of war horses will be available next year.

At that time, there will be [-] armored cavalry plus [-] well-equipped soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. They can launch a two-sided attack on Jiannu and wipe them out in one fell swoop!
Therefore, Taichang decided to personally lead Shenjiying and Yuan Keli's sailors to the Haixi Jurchen Ministry to look for a suitable place to build a port, and to plan to attack Jiannu next year.

As for the rebels in Shanxi and Henan, it doesn't matter if they are rampant for a year. Anyway, there are Shenwu camps guarding the west of the capital, so it is impossible for the rebels to break through the defense line of the Shenwu camp and rush to the capital.

As for the vassal kings in Shanxi and Henan, if the rebels dare to kill them, then go ahead and kill them. These vassal kings should be killed!

Ever since, after Taichang ordered Yuan Keli and Qi Jin to make some preparations, they began to transfer the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to the vassal North Korea.

Now there are more than 200 wheeled boats, and the speed of transfer of soldiers is really fast. More than [-] wheeled boats are transferred day and night, and with the help of Yuan Keli's naval warships, in less than a month, two Thousands of well-equipped soldiers of the Shenji Battalion have already been transferred to Rajin Port in the north of the vassal North Korea.

But this time it was mainly to build fortresses and ports, not to launch an attack on Jiannu. Twenty thousand well-equipped Shenji Battalion soldiers were enough to guard them, so Taichang did not continue to use the remaining [-] Shenji Battalion infantry. Transfer over.

After more than [-] wheels and boats returned to the capital again, he set off with a group of accompanying officials, a group of expert guards and [-] imperial guards.

At this moment, they still dare not travel across the sea, because the wheels are too small, and if they encounter a storm at sea, they will definitely be blown to pieces.

The entire fleet can only travel along the coastline. After Tianjinwei went out to sea, it traveled southwest along the coastline to Denglai Water City, and then arrived at Jinzhouwei along a series of islands, and then arrived at Zhenjiang City along the coastline. Finally, turn around the vassal state of North Korea, and drive along the coastline to Rajin Port.

Originally, if they could walk straight across the sea, they would have to sail for more than 2000 miles, which would take about three or four days. It took nearly five days!
This afternoon, a string of black dots finally appeared on the coast in front of the fleet, that is the naval fleet led by Yuan Keli, and finally arrived at Rajin Port, a vassal state of Korea.

Taichang raised his binoculars to look at the black spot in front, and then looked at the hull of the ship which was not too big, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Liangfu, it would be great if we had a huge gunboat, if the bridge Ships and gunboats travel across the sea, and this journey can save at least one day."

Wang Zheng said with some embarrassment: "Forgive me, the emperor, isn't there not enough rubber? You are in a hurry to modify the wheels. Otherwise, I will start trial production of building boats and gunboats."

Uh, this.

Taichang patted him on the shoulder and smiled slightly: "I just want to express my feelings, not to say that your development speed is too slow. We need a lot of fast ships at the moment, and the building boats and gunships must not be built in a month or two. , I have no choice but to modify the existing wheels first. Don’t worry, once the Spaniards deliver the goods next year, you will not be short of rubber or copper, and you will be able to show your talents by then. Going to develop the building ship gunboat."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zheng said impatiently: "Your Majesty, do you have to wait until next year? Actually, the construction of the dock and the waterway for shipbuilding is also quite time-consuming. I see that the terrain near the mouth of the Haihe River is not bad. Let's build the docks and waterways there this year. Then next spring we can start building the hull frame, and as soon as the rubber and copper from the Spaniards arrive, we can add steam and water wheels."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help nodding and said: "Well, you can figure it out. Anyway, the money is not bad at the moment, and there is still money to build docks and waterways."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng couldn't help but his face was full of excitement, he was in such a hurry that he could only wish to return immediately, go to Tianjin Wei to choose a site, and start building docks and waterways.

At this time, Yuan Keli also led the navy fleet to meet him.

After a while, Yuan Keli and Qi Jin boarded Taichang's handsome boat in an octopus boat.

After the courtesies of the emperor and ministers, Yuan Keli asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, do you want to inform the officials of the subordinate country that you are coming?"

this?

Taichang thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, this time I came to choose the location of the fort and the port, and I also have to think about how to attack Jiannu from both sides. There are many things. Don't notify the officials of the subordinate country this time. , when the time comes for their king to know, it will be a bit troublesome if he insists on coming to see him, and I don’t have time to wait for him in Luojin Port.”

Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Soon, the handsome boat docked at the wharf of Rajin Port.

At the moment, Rajin Port is just a small fishing port, originally there was only a small wharf for fishing boats, and it was not suitable for a large number of warships to dock at all.

Fortunately, Yuan Keli has already summoned the subjects of neighboring countries to build piers. A row of more than ten brand new piers has been completed, and there are more than ten piers under construction.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "Mr. Li, what are you asking them to build so many piers for? These ten piers are enough, right?"

Yuan Keli quickly explained: "This is to let them practice their skills. After all, the next thing we want to build is not only a dock for such small warships, but also a dock for ocean-going sailing ships. Most of these subjects are novices. , if this kind of small pier can’t be built well, I’m really afraid that they won’t be able to build the big pier over there before the Spanish fleet arrives.”

Oh, it turned out to be practice.

Well, they are idle anyway, let them practice their hands.

Taichang didn't care about the vassal officials who came up to meet him, he directly let Yuan Keli go forward to deal with it, while he led a group of entourage and followed Qi Jin to the nearby Shenji camp.

In the tent, Qi Jin had already prepared an enlarged map of the Haixi Jurchen Ministry and the Jianzhou Jurchen Ministry.

Qi Jingang spread out the map, and Taichang was stunned.

In the past, he only saw the whole picture of Nuer Gandusi.

The area under the jurisdiction of Nuergandu is frighteningly large, and the Jianzhou Jurchen Department and the Haixi Jurchen Department only occupy a small corner on the map.

To be honest, he really couldn't see what this small corner looked like in such an area that was larger than three or four provinces.

Now that he saw the enlarged version of the detailed map, he immediately reacted.

Isn’t the small pointed corner protruding below the Haixi Jurchen Ministry is the peninsula where Vladivostok is located in later generations?
This is all right, there is no need to look for the location of the port, just build the port on the peninsula where Vladivostok is located in later generations.

Moreover, there is another advantage of building the port on the peninsula, that is, it is also easy to defend.

If the port is built on the edge of a large piece of land, there are three areas that need to be defended, while the area that needs to be defended on the peninsula is only one side.

At that time, as long as the Shenji Battalion lined up the chariots to block the connection between the peninsula and the land, the slave cavalry would only be hit by shells, and they would not be able to reach the port and fortress under construction!
(End of this chapter)